I'm a 1L at some TT in North Carolina. Or is it Maryland? I don't know, somewhere in the "mid-Atlantic" area.

Anyway, my question is... do professors within the same section get together somewhere and talk about the students? They must, right? Either formally, like someone's office, or at a bar or something? I mean,If I were a bored, tenured law professor, this might be something I'd look forward to every week?

Furthermore, the temptation to get together with other professors and identify students that are "a certain way" [goofballs, gunners, obnoxious, smart, struggling, well-dressed, famous, etc] especially when such professors know they're all talking about the same people... that temptation would be too good to pass up, right?

SkinnyFat wrote:I'm a 1L at some TT in North Carolina. Or is it Maryland? I don't know, somewhere in the "mid-Atlantic" area.

Anyway, my question is... do professors within the same section get together somewhere and talk about the students? They must, right? Either formally, like someone's office, or at a bar or something? I mean,If I were a bored, tenured law professor, this might be something I'd look forward to every week?

Furthermore, the temptation to get together with other professors and identify students that are "a certain way" [goofballs, gunners, obnoxious, smart, struggling, well-dressed, famous, etc] especially when such professors know they're all talking about the same people... that temptation would be too good to pass up, right?

Anyone know if this happens?!

Of course they do. I am a teacher and in the teacher's lounge, teachers talk about students all the time, so everyone knows what's going on. I personally would much rather spend my time talking about non-student related stuff (especially at a bar, like you suggested), but teachers talk. I'm sure it's the same for profs.

FWIW, there isn't a T2 in North Carolina, unless if you consider Wake T2. Maryland has UMD, and SC has USC. I would guess you are from UMD.